18 Cadets Are Expelled or Resign From Air Force Academy in Cheating Scandal

By PAULA WASLEY

The United States Air Force Academy has expelled 15 cadets and
three more have resigned in a cheating scandal.

The scandal centered on a 25-question weekly test of knowledge
about the Air Force, given in late January, that all freshmen were
required to take. The investigation began in February after two
cadets reported that classmates had shared the answers through
social-networking Web sites.

Twenty-two other cadets were accused of cheating; of those, 13
were placed on six